Class Lecture Notes

Lecture 1: Class Introduction (2011-09-08)

• Laws of Media
• http://www.anthonyhempell.com/papers/tetrad/index.html
• History of this work
• Read and reflect – be ready to use Tetrad model next week by applying it

Lecture 2: Media analysis and Laws of New Media (2011-09-15)

Lecture 3: Genre Analysis (2011-09-22)

• Understanding “Understanding Comics”
• Please read through book by next week, at least as a quick first read
• Also helpful to read through your chosen comic by then so you have some ground to read McCloud in the first place

Lecture 4: Representation in Comics - McCloud's take (2011-09-29)

Lecture 5: From Understanding to Creating Content (2011-10-13)

• Looking at culture jamming and hacktivism - and the role of comics and visual images within it.

Lecture 6: Persuasion, Culture Jamming and Online Activism (2011-10-20)

Lecture 7 : Economics and Media (Part 1) (2011-10-27)

Lecture 8: Reinventing Comics (2011-11-03)


Lecture 9: Laws of New Media/Social Media (2011-11-10)

Lecture 10: Final Thoughts on the Information Age (2011-11-17)


Media as Agent of Chn,
Culture Jamming and Online Activism
Medias Agent of Change: Persuasion,
Culture Jamming and Online Activism
Media as Agent of Change: Persuasion,
Culture Jamming and Online Activism
Media as Agent of Change: Persuasion,
Culture Jamming and Online Activism
Media as Agent of Change: Persuasion,
Culture Jamming and Online Activism
Media as Agent of Change: Persuasion,
Culture Jamming and Online Activism